"Wrestlemania 1 From Territories to Titan: Cowboy Bob Orton on Wrestling’s Biggest Gamble"

Step into the ring with Cowboy Bob Orton, a man who lived through the wildest days of professional wrestling and stood at the center of history during WrestleMania I in Madison Square Garden. In this exclusive tell-all episode, Orton takes us on a journey through the territory system, the explosion of the WWF, and the high-stakes buildup to one of the biggest events in wrestling history.From locker room politics to Vince McMahon’s bold vision, Orton reveals how the wrestling industry transformed from smoky arenas to national television, creating larger-than-life superstars and setting the stage for the global phenomenon of WrestleMania. He shares inside stories on working with Roddy Piper, Hulk Hogan, and Mr. T, the backstage tensions leading into the first WrestleMania, and what it was like to be part of the main event that changed wrestling forever.How did the industry shift leading up to 1985’s groundbreaking event? What was it like being Piper’s right-hand man during the buildup to Hulkamania’s rise? And what really happened behind the scenes of the first-ever WrestleMania?With never-before-heard stories, firsthand experiences, and an uncensored look at the wrestling world before it became mainstream, Cowboy Bob Orton delivers a must-listen episode for any wrestling historian, old-school fan, or anyone curious about how WrestleMania became the spectacle it is today.